Favors’ basket lifts Jazz to 105-103 victory over Lakers

Summary of 8 articles · Updated Dec 28, 2013

Derrick Favors had 18 points and 14 rebounds and made a putback dunk with 2.1 seconds remaining to lift the Utah Jazz to a 105-103 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. In a game that saw 16 ties and 14 lead changes, the Jazz’s fou… (more)rth-year big man put an emphatic stamp on the contest, bending the rim with a two-handed put-back to give the Jazz a 105-103 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Derrick Favors’ first game winner, at any level, got the Jazz’s win tonight. His layup over a leaping Jordan Hill missed, but the Jazz’s Derrick Favors was alone for the putback. The play, an angle pick-and-roll that the Jazz had had some success with earlier in the game, was drawn up for Hayward, who’d put together one of his best night’s of the season. That being said, big men rarely get opportunities at the end of games: of current NBA big men, only really Al Jefferson has that ability to get the shot he wants in such a way that it makes sense to go through the effort to get him the ball in the last possession.

Short-handed Lakers can’t finish against Utah Jazz

For the Los Angeles Lakers, their game against the Utah Jazz on Friday night at EnergySolutions Arena came down to two plays. L.A. didn’t make either one in the final seconds and ended up losing, 105-103. After tying the game, 103-103, the Lakers needed…

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs Lakers 12/27/2013

Derrick Favors’ game winning putback slam got the Jazz the win tonight. Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images. 1. Derrick Favors’ first game winner, at any level, got the Jazz’s win tonight. It seems hard to believe that this is Favors’ first…

Jazz: Hayward is clutch in victory over Lakers

Every time the Los Angeles Lakers gained momentum in the second half Friday night, the Jazz’s Gordon Hayward was there to stop them. Hayward finished with 24 points in Utah’s 105-103 victory at EnergySolutions Arena, but the timing of his scoring was as…